I Fear I'm Too Lazy These Days

Clary Sage in Bloom in June

By Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

Paso Robles, California

July 11, 2018 2:02am CST

I need to blog. The problem is that when I have time I have no motivation. When I'm motivated I have no time. I don't know where it all goes. I'm beginning to wish we'd never turned on the cable to have TV here. My husband keeps it on several hours a day. I can't read when it's on. I did get two books I need to review read last week, but I'm still trying to finish my post on flowers that bloom in early summer. I got Part 1 of Flowers that Bloom in Paso Robles in June published last week, but June ended before I could write Part 2. So I changed the title and I'm still working on it. I'm trying to cover all the flowers blooming in my garden, on my block and in the City Park. The most unusual flower that blooms for me in June is Clary Sage. No one else on my block has it. It has an odd smell that is not really pleasant. It's very noticeable when I brush against it when I'm watering or pulling weeds. I'd rather be smelling the star jasmine in the other flower bed. Have you ever seen or smelled a clary sage flower? What is your favorite or least favorite herb when it comes to smelling it.

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@LadyDuck (457413)

• Switzerland

11 Jul 18

We have clary sage here, but the flowers are not so nice, they are purple/blue. Marigolds have a very unpleasant smell, while I love lilies of the valley and gardenia.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

11 Jul 18

@LadyDuck And they multiply like crazy.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

11 Jul 18

I have lots of lilies of the valley

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@LadyDuck (457413)

• Switzerland

11 Jul 18

@marlina I have also lots of them, they are among the first flowers to bloom in late April.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

11 Jul 18

I never even heard of clary sage flower.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

It's not as common in gardens as other sages are here. Maybe it's the smell.

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@Shellyann36 (11385)

• United States

25 Jul 18

I have never smelled clary sage. For some reason, lavender does not like me.

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@Shellyann36 (11385)

• United States

28 Jul 18

@bagarad I hate that lavender does not agree with me also. It is so pretty!

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

29 Jul 18

@Shellyann36 Yes. It's beautiful. Is it the only plant you're allergic to?

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

27 Jul 18

You probably wouldn't enjoy smelling clary sage. I'm sorry lavender doesn't agree with you.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

11 Jul 18

I have not seen sage flowers Here it would be tulsi.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

12 Jul 18

@bagarad I make a herbs chutney and add Tulsi in it.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

14 Jul 18

@allknowing I don't like chutney. I have grown Tulsi, but it's a bit harder to grow here than regular basil.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

I depend on sage as a garden staple. I like the way it spreads -- sometimes.

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@anamika161088 (11868)

• India

11 Jul 18

I enjoy smell of all herbs I have smelled so far.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

Then you probably haven't smelled clary sage yet.

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@anamika161088 (11868)

• India

12 Jul 18

@bagarad Yeah..I even heard this herb for the first time.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

14 Jul 18

@anamika161088 You might not enjoy smelling this one. Or you might. Everyone is different.

@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

11 Jul 18

I have never seen sage flowers.. but it looks beautiful.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

There are more varieties of sage than I can count. Some are showy, and some not so much.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

12 Jul 18

@bagarad Ohh that's interesting!

@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

12 Jul 18

@kepweng no. My mom does it.

@patgalca (18174)

• Orangeville, Ontario

11 Jul 18

Totally get the lack of motivation. My sleep disorder is leaving me too tired to get motivated to do anything. I don't like it. There are things I want to do but just don't have the motivation or energy.

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@patgalca (18174)

• Orangeville, Ontario

12 Jul 18

@bagarad I have a swimming pool but because I do live streaming I don't want to mess up my hair.

I'll sit outside during low UV Ray times.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

The heat doesn't help things. Even with air conditioning I'm hesitant to make the temperature as low as I'd like it because yesterday it blew a fuse.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16518)

• China

11 Jul 18

It is said that the clary sage is also known as "eye of Christ".It is a pity I haven't seen it.However I know another species of clary ,called red-rooted salvia (Latin name :Radix Salviae Milti orrhizae) whose roots are used for treating the coronary heart disease.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Salvia miltiorrhiza Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Salvia Species: S. miltiorrhi

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

Clary seeds traditionally have been used to get foreign bodies out of eyes, but some think it's not that helpful. I've never tried it.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

11 Jul 18

My favorite herb to smell is basil. But I have lost my sense of smell, so I can no longer smell it, unfortunately.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

14 Jul 18

That is sad. Funny, I thought I had responded to this comment earlier, but that response seems to have disappeared.

@wolfgirl569 (94780)

• Marion, Ohio

11 Jul 18

I dont have clary sage here. I dont grow many herbs so cant say which is my least favorite but love the smell of most mints

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

Mints can be very nice, but some can resemble mild skunk aroma.

@wolfgirl569 (94780)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Jul 18

@bagarad I avoid those, get enough skunk smell without planting it. lol

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@DianneN (246334)

• United States

12 Jul 18

I don't believe I have clary sage growing here. I absolutely love the smell of rosemary and dislike skunk cabbage. My marigolds stink, but they aren't eaten by the deer, so I use them for summer color.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

14 Jul 18

It's been my experience here that most deer don't like herbs or flowers with a strong odor that we might not like either.

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@DianneN (246334)

• United States

14 Jul 18

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@AkoPinay (11544)

• Philippines

11 Jul 18

We only have rose and orchids

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

But those are beautiful. I've never grown and orchid. I think they require more humidity than we have here. I had a friend who grew them in a greenhouse.

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@Icydoll (36717)

• India

11 Jul 18

I enjoy smell of all herbs my dear friend

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

11 Jul 18

Hmmm! Have you ever smelled clary sage?

@porwest (78761)

• United States

15 Jul 18

Never smelled that flower that I can remember. In any event, I think we all have lull periods, especially when it comes to writing. I mean, at the end of the day I tend to think, "Well, it's not enough to pay the bills," and so sometimes it takes a back seat EVEN IF I have a strong passion to write. Either way, I hope you can find the time to both read AND write, and as far as that TV goes...ugh. I watch very little. My wife is the TV watcher in our house, but luckily my "man room" is toward the back of the house far away from the living room.

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Barbara Radisavlejvic

@bagarad (14283)

• Paso Robles, California

18 Jul 18

At the Templeton house I used to be able to isolate myself upstairs to write and we didn't have a TV. Now there's no internet connection there and no air conditioning, so to do anything productive I need to be here.

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